Glazier&#39;s tool.



C. S. LELAND.

GLAZIEB.S TOOL.

APPLIGATION FILED we zl, 191s.

1,092,447. Patente@ Apr.7,1914

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Specication of Letters Patent. Y Application filed August 21, 1913'.SerialfNo, 786,034.

Patented Apr. 7, 1914,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES S. LELAND, a citizen of the United States,residing at Mount Desert, in the county of Hancock and State of Maine,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Glaziers Tools, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in glaziers tools and moreparticularly to a` combined putty knife and chisel.

. The primary object of this invention is the provision of a glazierstool which will -materially decrease the amount of time necessary insetting glass; by the providing of -a tool which combines a sharpimplement which is' necessary for the removal of the old putty and abroad flat instrument for placing the new utty, in one handle.

Another o ject of this invention is-l the provision of a tool of thisnature which embodies a handle formed from a blank or a single piece ofsheet metal folded and curved upon itself so as to form a simple andeasily gripped handle for a tool of this nature and a handle which hasmeans carried thereby for securely holding the blade of the tool ineither yof its adjusted positions.

.With the foregoing and other objects in v1ew, this invention consists'in such novel osition. i. Y Re erring more articularly to the drawings,1 designates th edge 2 formed u the same and a flattened bla e 3, to beused for the proper placin of the new putt upon the other end. The y'lade 1 has openings 4, 5 and 'extending therethrough. The opening 5 isformed-,substantially mldwa between the two ends of the blade 1 whl ethe openings 5 and 6 are spaced equi-distant ,j

fwhich end of the tool is in use.

ar to Fig. 2 only. 'showing-1,"l the locking means in 'an inoperative eblade ofthe tool which on one end of n,

from the opening 5 and only a short distance therefrom. The blade 1ispivotally connected to a handle 7 by means of a rivet v8 which isinserted through the opening 5 and through openings formed in one end ofthe handle 7 The handle 7 is formed yfrom a single piece of sheet metal,being bent upon itself as at 8 so as to form the two sides of the handleand having its longitudinal edges curved inward as is shown at 9 inFigs. 2 and 3 of the drawings so as to prevent the edges of the handlefrom irritating the hand ofgthe user. The curved longitudinal edges ofthe handle 7 are cut away from the bent portion 8 of the handle so as toallow the handle to be properly formed. The lends 10 and 1'1 of thehandle 7 are reduced so as to conform to the width of the blade latthe'portion where the blade l1s pivotally connected to the handle andthese ends 10 and 11 have inst-ruck ortions 12 centrally located thereinnear t e outer ends of the same. A ycatch 14 is pivotally mounted uponthe rivet 8 and has one of its ends bent downwardly at right angles'tothe main body portion of the same as at 15. The end 15 engages the outersurface of the reduced end 10 of the handle and presses it toward thereduced end 11 of the handle, causing the instruck portions 12 to beseated in one of the openings 4 or 6, according to When the instruckportions 12 are seated in one of the openings4 or 6 the blade 1 isfirmly held in the adjusted position, having either the putty lknife,which is formed by the fiat blade 3 or the chisel end 2 of the blade 1protruding beyond the handle, according to vwhich of the tools is to beused.

When it is desired to change from one of the tools to the other all thatis necessary 1s the moving of the catch 14 so that. the end 15 will beout of engagement with the surface of the reduced end 12 of the handle 7which will allow the instruck portions 12 to v spring out of theopenings 4 or 6 and allow the blade 1 to be swung about upon the rivet18 thus changing the ends of the blade as desired. Owing to theresiliency of the spring action occasioned by the bending of the handle7 the instruck ortions 12 will immediately spring out o `either of theopenings 4'or 6 when the catch 14 1s moved so that the end 15 will notengage the surface of the reduced end 10.

' The curved longitudinal edges 9 of the handle are spaced apart so thatthe chisel blade may` be inserted therebetween, as is shown in dottedlines in Fig. 1 of the drawings, When the putty applying blade 3 is usedor vice versa, thus holdin one of the ends of the blade 1 in the han leand moving it out of theway ofthe other blade when the tool is beingusedfor one of its respecings therein,a strip of resilient niaterialbent substantially U-shapedto form a'handle, the terminal ends of saidhandle having indented portions formed` therein, saideing normally heldout of enl gagement with said blade, and a catch pivterminal ends otallycarried by said handle for engagement with one of said terminal ends forforcing said indentations into said openings for holding said bladesecurely in said handle.

In testimony whereof I .aix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

l oHARLEs's, LE'LAND. Witnesses.:

RICHARD O. ALLEN, M. L. ALLEN.

